I hope some of the readers of Not a Blog will be attending the Deeper than Swords exhibit, dinner, lecture and signing, at Texas A&M University, 20-21 March (<http://deeperthanswords.library.tamu.edu/>).

Do you know why the writers of the TV show invented Talisa to fill the place of Jeyne Westerling? The whole Talisa plotline was such a fuck up and it made Robb look like a complete idiot and not like his father's son (which is a shame because I really loved Robb in the books).

Robb is "off stage" for almost the entirety of A CLASH OF KINGS. D&D did not want to shelve Richard Madden for an entire season. I think that was a good decision.

Also, they found an amazing actress to play his love interest.

They gave her a different story than the one I used in the books, however. I was the one who advocated the name change, once I learned that she was to be from Volantis. "Jeyne" is not a Volantene name.

I really like the book and the series of articles I am a big fan. All I wanted to be a volume that uses a self signed by the first episode, I hope that one day in Hungary will be signed. Sincerely, Mark Meszaros 18 years old boy from Hungary.

The Rains of Castamere Promo is So incredible, it gives me chills every time I hear/see it. Wait till the non readers see the connection...the blogs are gonna blow UP!! I wept (again) this time listening to that chapter by way of book-on-tape last week.

looks cool! Though I'm looking forward to an 'actual' trailer, as well as the season 3 poster ('key'?) art, which will be used on the tie-in for 'A Storm of Swords', the soundtrack cover, and the blu-ray release.